Chan W. Galbato

Chan W. Galbato has served as a member of our Board since November 2025. Mr. Galbato has been serving as Senior Advisor to Barington Capital Group, LP, a private investment firm, since March 2025, and Alvarez Marsal Holdings, LLC, a consulting firm, since August 2025. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC, the global operating platform of Cerberus Capital Management, a private investment company, from 2012 to 2024. Prior to joining Cerberus in 2009, Mr. Galbato served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Controls Group of Invesys plc, a global technology company. Prior to that, he served as President of Services and of the commercial distribution arm of companies for The Home Depot; President and Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong Floor Products, a division of Armstrong World Industries; Chief Executive Officer of Choice Parts, a joint venture start-up; and President and Chief Executive Officer of Coregis Insurance Company, a GE Capital company. He spent fourteen years with General Electric Company, holding several operating and finance leadership positions within their various industrial divisions. Mr. Galbato has served on the boards of directors of various companies, including The Eastern Company, a publicly traded engineering and manufacturing company, since May 2025; NFI Group Inc., a publicly-traded multinational bus manufacturer, from January 2025 to April 2025; Albertsons Companies, Inc., a publicly traded food and drug retail company, from April 2021 to October 2024; Blue Bird Corporation, a publicly-traded manufacturer of school buses and specialty vehicles, from February 2015 to April 2023; Autoweb, Inc., a publicly-traded digital marketing company for the automotive industry, from January 2019 to May 2022; and Avon Products, Inc., a publicly-traded cosmetics and beauty company, from March 2016 to January 2020. Mr. Galbato holds a B.A. in Economics from the State University of New York and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

 

Class I Director, Term Expires 2028

Independent Director